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The Blackwell companion to philosophy

Presents an exploration of the issues, controversies and problems that arise from the study of philosophy. This book includes chapters on the philosophy of biology; bioethics, genethics, and medical ethics; environmental ethics; business ethics; ethnicity, culture and philosophy; Plato and Aristotle; medieval philosophy; and, Nietzsche.
eBook, English, 2003
Blackwell Pub, Malden, MA, 2003
Online Ressource (xviii, 951 Seiten) : Illustrationen.
9780470996362, 9780470997871, 9781405164443, 9780631219071, 9780631219088, 0470996366, 0470997877, 1405164441, 0631219072, 0631219080
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Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Notes on Contributors. Contemporary Philosophy in the United States: John R. Searle. Contemporary Philosophy: A Second Look: Bernard Williams. Part I: Areas of Philosophy:. 1. Epistemology: A. C. Grayling. 2. Metaphysics: Simon Blackburn, with a section on Time Robin Le Poidevin. 3. Philosophy of Language: Martin Davies. 4. Philosophy of Logic: A. W. Moore. 5. Philosophy of Mind: William G. Lycan. 6. Ethics: John Skorupski. 7. Aesthetics: Sebastian Gardner. 8. Political and Social Philosophy: David Archard. 9. Philosophy of Science: David Papineau. 10. Philosophy of Biology: Elliott Sober. 11. Philosophy of Mathematics: Mary Tiles. 12. Philosophy of Social Science: Martin Hollis. 13. Philosophy of Law: N. E. Simmonds. 14. Philosophy of History: Leon Pompa. 15: Philosophy of Religion: Charles Taliaferro. 16. Applied Ethics: John Haldane. 17. Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Genethics: Rebecca Bennett, Charles A. Erin, John Harris & Soren Holm. 18. Environmental Ethics: Holmes Rolston, III. 19. Business Ethics: Georges Enderle. 20: Philosophy and Feminism: Jean Grimshaw & Miranda Fricker. 21. Ethnicity, Culture and Philosophy: Robert Bernasconi. Part II History of Philosophy:. 22. Ancient Greek Philosophy: Robert Wardy. 23. Plato and Aristotle: Lesley Brown. 24. Medieval Philosophy: Jorge Gracia. 25. Francis Bacon: Stephen Gaukroger. 26. Descartes and Malebranche: Richard Francks & George MacDonald Ross. 27. Spinoza and Leibniz: Richard Francks & George MacDonald Ross. 28. Hobbes: Tom Sorell. 29. Locke: R. S. Woolhouse. 30. Berkeley: Howard Robinson. 31. Hume: Peter Jones. 32. Kant: David Bell. 33. Hegel: Michael Inwood. 34. Marx: Richard Norman. 35. Bentham, Mill and Sidgwick: Ross Harrison. 36. Pragmatism: Susan Haack. 37. Frege and Russell: R. M. Sainsbury. 38. Moore: Thomas Baldwin. 39. Wittgenstein: David Pears. 40. Nietzsche: David E. Cooper. 41. Husserl and Heidegger: Taylor Carmen. 42. Sartre, Foucault and Derrida: Gary Gutting. Glossary. Appendix. Index.